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Why The Most Remote Ocean Trench Is More Polluted than the Worst Rivers in the World

Toxins in the Mariana Trench Proves Rampant Spread of Pollutants.

Why The Most Remote Ocean Trench Is More Polluted than the Worst Rivers in the World

[DIGEST: Guardian, Nature]

Researchers have recently discovered extreme amounts of pollution in the remote, extraordinarily deep Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean, which is approximately 11,000 meters deep. Though trenches have long been considered pristine due to their remote locations and topography, they also can act as sinks for contaminants that enter the marine environment, collecting pollutants, which have nowhere to go, and which infiltrate the marine creatures living there.

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